Ironing-table.



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ALBERT PERRY, OF ROXTON, TEXAS.

lRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,657, dated April 9, 1901.

' A lication filed December 21, 1900. semi No. 40,671. iNo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ALBERT PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roxton, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing-tables, and

more specifically to that class thereof in whichthe ironing-board is supported at one end only, whereby shirts, skirts, and analogous articles of wearing-apparel may be slipped upon the board and properly ironed without the necessity of moving any part of the table.

One object of the invention is to provide an ironing-table of this class which may be used independently of household furniture and like means of support and at the same time provide a construction whereby the board may be used independently of its supportingstand.

Afurther object is to provide a table which may, when desired, be taken apart, or, more properly speaking, knocked down, and stored in a comparatively small space, and when the parts are disorganized they may be quickly and easily reassembled to form a rigid structure.

Still further objects and advantages will appear from the following description and are pointed out in the appended claims.

While the preferred form of table is shown in the drawings forming a part of this specification, it is to be distinctly understood that within the scope of the appended claims various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be made without departing from or sacrificing any of the objects of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the main frame on the line a; a; of Fig. 2 looking toward the free end of the board.

Like numerals indicate like partsin the specification and in all the figures of the drawings.

The invention consists of an ironing-board 1, supported upon astand 2, which is held in a vertical position by'a detachable inclined brace 3, and to prevent the stand and brace from spreading or being otherwise displaced a horizontal support 4 is detachably engaged at one end with the stand 2 and at the other end with the brace 3.

The board l-is of the usual form and construction, except that it is provided at one end with an elongated recess 5, whose inner wall 6 is inclined, the recess enabling the board to straddle the brace 3, in which position the inner or recessed end of the board 1 projects under the top piece 14 of the stand 2. To prevent the board from slipping downwardly upon the brace 3 and to hold it in a horizontal position, it is provided upon its underside with a transverse cleat 7, one corner of which bears against the inclined brace 3.

The brace 3 has formed near its upper end a V-shaped notch 8, which enables the brace to engage over the edge of the top piece 14: of the stand 2, and the lower end of said brace is beveled at 1 to engage with astop-piece 9, attached near the outer end to the upper side'of the support 4, said brace being further secured to the stop 9 by a hook 10 and eye 11.

The stand 2 is composed of two standards 12 and 13, set on an inclination and connected by a top piece 14 andabottom piece 15, all secured rigidly together. From the lower face of the top piece project pins or studs 16 and 17, which penetrate the top side of the inner end of the board 1 and hold the same against movement. The upper side of the bottom piece is recessed at 18, to which is fitted the inner end of the support 4. The support 4 has the under side of its inner end recessed at 19 to interlock with the recess '18, and the outer end is provided on the under side with a short leg 20, which rests upon the floor or other supporting-surface.

' To take the table apart, the ironing-board 1 is withdrawn from under the top piece 1d of the stand 2, the hook' at the lower end of the inclined brace is disengaged from the eye on the stop-piece 9, and the brace is removed from the stand 2. Then the support is detached from the stand 2 and the table is ready to be stored.

To set up the table, the support 4: is interlocked with the bottom piece 15 of the stand 2, the brace 3 is set with its lower beveled end 14 bearing against the stop-piece 9, and the notch or groove receiving the corner of the 'art and need not be further elaborated upon.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is y 1. In an ironing-table, thecombination of a portable stand, a board detachably engaging at its inner end with the under side of the top of the stand, an inclined brace detachably engaging at its upper end with the upper side of the top of'the stand, and a lower support having'a detachable connection with the bottom of the stand, and provided with a stop against which the-lower end of the brace contacts, said support having a depending leg to elevate the same from the floor, substantially as described. I

2. In an ironing-t-able, the combination of a stand, comprising the. inclined legs,and a top and bottom piece, the board provided with a'recess and detachably engaging the under side ofthe top piece of the stand, an

recess of theboard and inclined brace adapted to pass through the detachably engaging the upper side of the top piece of the stand, a lower support having a detachable interlocked connection with the bottom piece of the stand and provided with the stop against which the inclined brace acts, and a depending leg for holding the support above the floor.

3. i In an ironing-table,the combination with the stand, composed of inclined legs, a top piece and a bottom piece each connecting the legs, an ironing-board provided with a recess in its inner end and engaging the under side of the top piece of the stand, an inclined brace passing through the recess of the board and engaging the upperside of the top piece of the stand, a lower horizontal support provided with a recess at'its inner end and interlocked with a corresponding recess formed 'in the bottom piece ofthe stand, a stop provided on the support against which the inclined brace bears, a hook-and-eye connectionbetween the brace and the support, and a leg depending from the support to elevate the sameabove the floor, the parts being so arranged that the brace, board, lower support and stand can all be detached when desired.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto'afi'ixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ALBERT PER-RY.

Witnesses: I

' T. S. Moss,

GENNIE BUsH. 

